Happy Diwali - Handmade cards

Hey guys
Firstly I would like to wish you all a very HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS DEEPAVALI or DIWALI. I know its just around the corner and so I couldn't hold myself back and want to show you some of the cards I made this year for my crafty friends. I have been busy since August with work and could only make so little of them......next year i am planning to start a month in advance so I can make a lot of such card..maybe send out a few to orphanages and elder homes.

I m putting my cards at the following blog challenges:-

1. Scrapy Land Challenge #75- Anything Goes with dies Scrapy Land sells -I have used Spellbinders die for diecutting.
2. Addicted to stamp and more Challenge#263 - Holiday - Diwali is an Indian festival and its a big holiday for us. Children get a month vacation from schools and colleges and the festival is on for 4 to 5 days. I have made a money envelope for gifting in Diwali.
3. HLS October Challenge- anything goes with dies- I have used Spellbinders die for diecutting the ornate design.
4. Inky chicks Challenge #89 - Anything but square
5. Word Art Wednesday Week #304-305 - Anything Goes
6. The Ribbon girl- october card challenge 

For me Diwali is all about colors and sparkle and that is what I have tried to represent through my cards.....couldn't hold back and made an entire array of colors this time. I hope you guys like it...because everytime I see these babies...I feel happy.

 

So all the cards are made in the same fashion...I started with an A2 size cardbase of all the colors I could find in my stash. Then I went ahead and added a sparkly gold glitter paper over it which was 1/4"smaller than the base. I took white cardstock cut to 3 3/4"by 5" and diecut an ornate frame using Spellbinders DIE D-LITES GRATE WORKS ETCHED DIE. Then I adhered satin ribbon on the bottom of this diecut piece and then adhered this on my card front. I used 1 gold sequin to embellish my card that too on the center of the satin ribbon bow.

The sentiment I used is a local brand and I do not know the name. I stamped it with versamark and gold heat embossed it on a matching cardstock. I matted it on vellum and then added it to the corner of my card.

I also made matching envelopes for these pretty card. I have used white gold pearl cardstock and decorated it strips of matching cardstocks and gold sequins. I added a sentiment on the envelope from Mudra Craft stamps using Black Archival Ink. Simple and very easy....I hope you all like these beauties....Thank you for reading this post and have a great day ahead.

Supplies:-

1. Satin ribbons - ItsyBitsy
2. Cardstock - Different colors from different brands and stores - ItsyBitsy, Fabriano, A1 craft
3. White cardstock - A1 Craft 
4. Gold sequins - Mudra craft stamps
5. Spellbinders Grate Works die -The Crafters corner
6. Gold glitter paper - ItsyBitsy
7. Vellum - ItsyBitsy.

Thanks for all you have done.

Hello everyone

Today I have a new card for you all and this one is made for a Doctor..... The patient wanted me to make a colorful card for her doctor just to express how colorful her life is now after he healed her.....so on the inside it says "for all you have done"

I would like to put this card up at the following challenges

1. Dl.ART - June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
2. Simon says stamp - Wednesday challenge- Emboss It
3. Word Art Wednesday#288 289
4. Mudra Challenge#10 - Triple Time Stamping
5. HLS June Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
6. Cute Card Thursday #482 - pinks
7. DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge#206 - Patriotic/ Thank you card
8. Scrapyland challenge#68 - Embossing

I used the embossed resist technique for making this card. I white heat embossed all my little roses and leaves which are from the Mudra Wishing You stamp set. then I did a little distress ink blending using Spun sugar, Shaded Lilac, Squeezed Lemonade and Twisted Citron.

I made a triple stamped card by diecutting 3 dies from Sspellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Labels 1. Then, I also diecut white cardstock using same dies. The then trimmed the diecuts I cut from my front panel so that I could add them on the white mats. The largest one is flat, while the second one has a little dimension to it while the smallest has dimension foam behind it. I layed the entire panel on silver glitter cardstcok and then mounted everything on white standard A2 size cardbase (270gsm).

I added the sentiment on clear vellum with Black Achival ink and cut little banner ends. Finished my card with lots of sequins which are all from Mudra. My client requested a lot of sparkle and sequins and I was more than happy to oblige.......

Supplies used :-

1 Iris White 220gsm cardstock
2 Thanks - Mudra Stamps
3 Distress inks- Spun Sugar Shaded Lilac, Squeezed Lemonade and Twisted Cirton- ItsyBitsy
4 Wishing you - Mudra stamps
5 Sequins- Sugar Plum Mix, Harvest Mix and Clear - Mudra stamps
6 White cardstock- 270gsm - A1 Craft
7 Silver glitter paper- Itsybitsy
8 Black Archival ink- The Craft shop
9 Ranger Multi medium matte- The craft shop
10 Wow Heat gun- ItsyBitsy
11 Ranger Superfine White Embossing powder - The craft shop
12 Versamark - ItsyBitsy
13 Clear Vellum - ItsyBitsy
14 Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Labels One - ItsyBitsy
15 Foam dimension

Wishing you Safe Travels - See through shaker card.

Hello all  you wonderful people
Today I have a card for you. I have got really addicted to watercoloring technique and am making as many as I can. So this card is again for a special reason....I have a workout friend who is leaving for USA forever and Monday is her last last with us. So this one is for you Upasana.... I have know her only for a month...and got attached to her...you just connect so easily with some people. She was all emotional and so I have used a sentiment very carefully for this card.....I cleverly swapped a Farewell or W'll miss you with a "Wishing you Safe Travels"

The inspiration for this card comes from Tulle Shaker Cards by Jennifer Mcguire and you can know more about this by clicking the link HERE. I really loved the way she used Tulle...but I have used Clear acetate instead. So this my first try at this type of shaker card and it surely is fun.

I am putting this card up at

1. Dl.ART - June Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
2. Addicted to stamps and more- Challenge #246 - Anything Goes
3. Penny Black and more challenges- June- Anything Goes
4. The Ribbon Girl- June card challenge-Anything goes
5. Simon says stamp - Wednesday challenge- Emboss It
6. Word Art Wednesday#287 287
7. Craft Addition Challenge - challenge #6 - Flowers flowers and yet more flowers
8. Papericious June challenge- Try something new - This is my first attempt at such see through shaker card
9. HLS June Watercolor Challenge - optional twist Masking
10. Paru's Card making Challenge June- Interactive

So more on to my card, I stamped and heat embossed some flowers, buds and leaves on a watercolor cardstock using some Clear embossing powder. I used distress inks to watercolors all my images and once they dried, I fussy cut them out.

 To make this panel, I started with a standard A2 size card base(A) and 1 white cardstock piece cut to A2 size (B). I stacked them and arranged my spellbinders die and ran it thrice through my bigshot. Then, I cut a acetate sheet bigger than my frame and box folded it in half (Basically it helped me to give room for the shaker elements to move freely inside the window  I have just folded the acetate instead of using 2 pieces so there is no tape on the exposed side. Also, I gave it a small 1/8" gap between the 2 folds lining my edges. I hope I am able to convey well. Rest 3 sides are sealed with dimension foam..) I filled my window with some fun sequins, flowers and clear sparkle from Papericious and then sealed it with foam tape on 3 sides. I adhered this shaker window to my A panel carefully so that one no foam tape is visible from any where and the shaker window is correctly lined up on the edge. The frame is rhombus in shape but the shaker panel is square inside.

Then added more foam tape everwhere else and added the B part over it carefully.I added little black splatters on the front panel using black watercolor and then started layering my flowers and leaves. I did stamp my buds with Memento Dye ink by masking off the flowers and buds and quickly watercolored them as well.
Finished my card with the sentiment stamped with Black dye ink on white cardstock and sqeuins.
I hope you all like my card and will try it out.

That finished my card. I have a small shaker video for it and you can watch it to see how fun this is.

Supplies used :-

1 Watercolor cardstock
2 Clear Acetate - ItsyBitsy
3 Distress inks- Picked Raspberry, Shaded Lilac and Wilted Violet for the flowers and bud                                             and Crushed olive and Twisted Cirton for the leaves- ItsyBitsy
4 Simply Floral - Mudra stamps
5 Sequins- Sugar Plum Mix - Mudra stamps
6 White cardstock- 270gsm - A1 Craft
7 Sequins flower
8 Momento Tuxedo Black Dye ink- The Craft shop
9 Ranger Multi medium matte- The craft shop
10 Wow Heat gun- ItsyBitsy
11 Ranger Superfine Clear Embossing powder - The craft shop
12 Versamark - ItsyBitsy
13 Wishing - Mudra stamps
14 Spellbinders Nestabilites Scalloped Labels One - ItsyBitsy
15 Papericious clear Sparkle and white sequins.
16 Camel watercolors